PHOENIX – Downtown Phoenix is gearing up to host the WNBA Finals, and the pregame of Game 3 showed that the Phoenix Mercury have an upset and ready-to-work mindset.
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Oct 3, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA;Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally (0) celebrates after scoring against the Las Vegas Aces during the second quarter of game one of the 2025 WNBA Finals at Michelob Ultra Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
Getting to the WNBA Finals has shown that the Mercury have all the tools to compete with the best of the best, although the first two games haven’t gone according to plan.
Oct 3, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas (25) shoots against the Las Vegas Aces during the second quarter of game one of the 2025 Finals at Michelob Ultra Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
Las Vegas Aces Head Coach Becky Hammon and Phoenix Mercury Head Coach Nate Tibbets spoke in pregame interviews about how the Mercury have a “pissed-off” locker room and mindset heading into Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. They both highlighted that after the heartbreaking loss in Game 1 and the inconsistency in Game 2, it will be on their minds as they get ready to take on A’ja Wilson and the Aces.
Phoenix Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts on the team playing with an “edge” in Game 3 after losing Games 1 and 2.#WNBAFinals #WNBA pic.twitter.com/bpAxUF2LMG
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Pregame shootarounds were a relaxed effort as Lexi Held and Kitija Laksa were taking up early shots, though it seemed like they were holding in the intensity for later on. The embracing of the moment in the WNBA Finals has spoken volumes, and can only galvanize this Mercury team, which is itching to make some noise in Game 3. If the Mercury can embrace their home-court advantage highlighted by the X-Factor, then their intense and chip-on-the-shoulder mindset will definitely have a little fire behind it.
Phoenix Mercury’s Lexi Held gets some shots in before tonights Game 3 of the #WNBAFinals.#WNBA pic.twitter.com/etX3mGY2fF
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Oct 5, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson (22) and Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas (25) fight for the ball during the fourth quarter of game two of the 2025 Finals at Michelob Ultra Arena. Mandatory Credit: Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images
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Reporter Benjamin Bliklen covers the Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, and Arizona Cardinals for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @BenBliklen
